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This Article was originally published by Huffington Post: Bison Homecoming Cristina Eisenberg Chief Scientist at Earthwatch Institute, Ecologist, and Book author This post is hosted on the Huffington Post’s Contributor platform. Contributors control their own work and post freely to

This Article was published by High Country News: Rewilding the shortgrass prairie A scientist with ranching roots is trying to restore balance to degraded grasslands. Before European settlers came to North America, bison migrations were essential to the annual renewal

This Article was published by The Huffiington Post: In Extinction’s Way: The Wolverine and Climate Change It’s the stuff of legends. In April 2016, a rancher shot and killed a wolverine in North Dakota. Officials identified the animal as M56,

This Article was published by The Huffiington Post: Quantifying Wildness; Tracking Wolves and Elk in the Rockies Twenty years ago, I was a stay-at-home Montana mom living in a place where the large carnivore population (wolves, bears, cougars) outnumbered the

This Article was published by The Huffiington Post: Are Large Carnivores Doomed by Climate Change? The world is getting warmer, creating an extinction threat for many species. According to NASA, since 1880 the Earth’s global temperature has risen by nearly

This Article was published by The Huffiington Post: Endangered Species Act Caught in Congressional Crosshairs The most powerful environmental law on Earth, the Endangered Species Act (ESA), is under the gravest assault it has ever faced. Last week I

This Article was published by The Huffiington Post: Safe Passages, or How Did the Grizzly Bear Cross the Road? It all began with roadkill. Banff, the crown jewel of the Canadian national parks, is a paradox. Big, primeval wildness

This Article was published by The Huffiington Post: The Carnivore Way: All Who Wander Are Not Lost In 2014, a 20-year-old grizzly bear named Ethyl made an epic 2,800 mile walkabout through Montana and Idaho. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

This Article was published by The Huffiington Post: Citizen Science Comes of Age: Everyday People Doing Extraordinary Science Those of you familiar with my work know that twenty years ago I was a stay-at-home mom, living with my husband and

July 1, 2014 · by Cristina Eisenberg · in Biodiversity & Wildlife, Cristina Eisenberg, Ecosystem Science & Management I live in the heart of wildness. Literally. The cabin in which our family has lived for the past twenty years lies